"I'm not sure this is a good idea," Leo said as he, Prue, and Piper waited in the kitchen. "This may be exactly what he wants. To get you distracted so he can attack."
"We're ready for him," Prue said. "Phoebe has written a spell that should permanently strip his powers from him making him mortal. Once his powers are gone, he shouldn't be a threat to us any longer."
"Except he knows almost everything about you," Leo said. "He can still cause you a great deal of trouble even if he doesn't have his demonic powers."
"I would still like to have a vanquishing potion handy," said Piper. "Just in case he does try something."
"That's not possible," Leo said. "Remember what I told you? Vanquishing potions only work on lower level demons. To make one for a demon of Todd's level you'd need a portion of him. Without that a vanquishing potion would be less than an annoyance."
"He's here," Phoebe said coming into the kitchen.
"Okay," Prue said. "Let's go in and do this. And if Inspector Todd tries anything funny we vanquish him."
"I still don't like it," Leo said.
"You just wait here," Piper said. "We might need your help."
Leo watched as the sisters went into the living room. He had a bad feeling about this. They were still new to their powers and were, in many ways, very naïve about the forces of evil. He hoped his healing powers wouldn't be needed.
"Well, Inspector Todd," Prue said entering the living room, "we've talked it over. As I told you over the phone, we've decided to help you. But there are a couple of conditions."
"I figured there would be," Todd said.
"First," Piper said, "the information you collected on us. We want your word that none of it will ever come to light."
Todd picked a briefcase up off the floor. He handed it to Phoebe. She opened the briefcase and began to look through the papers inside.
"All of the originals are in there," he said. "At least the ones I have access to. It wasn't easy to get them, but you should find everything is in order."
"Fine," Prue said. "You said you had a friend in the FBI who could make some of the other things disappear. Things you couldn't get to. That has to be done before we do anything."
"Already done," Todd said. "I spoke to Agent Jackman before I came over here. He said it's all been taken care of. If anyone runs a check on you they might get some suspicions but they won't have anything concrete to go on. You can have Inspector Morris run a check if you'd like. Anything you want."
"What about those mug shots?" Piper asked. "And the police reports about us from 1975?"
"Funny thing about those," Todd said. "It seems the entire file has mysteriously disappeared. Probably misplaced when the police department computerized their systems."
"It's in here," Phoebe said, holding up a file folder. "In fact, it looks like everything he mentioned about us is in here. And they all appear to be originals not photocopies."
"Won't someone find it suspicious if they check and find so many holes in the police records?" Prue asked.
"You'd be surprised how easy it is to cover things," Todd said, "especially in a computer system. If anyone runs a check they won't find any holes. Oh, maybe one or two here or there. But nothing that would appear suspicious. They'll just think some files were misplaced, like that one. It happens more than you think."
"I guess everything is covered," Piper said. "We've written a spell to make you mortal. It will strip your powers from you forever. Unfortunately I don't think it will do anything about you personally. You'll still be a demon."
"That's okay," Todd said. "Demonic bounty hunters home in on magic, not DNA. Without any powers they won't have anything to home in on with me. Then I can go on with the rest of my life safe and secure. Will I feel anything? When you use the spell, I mean?"
"Can't say," Phoebe said. "We've never really done anything like this before. We're sort of in uncharted territory here."
"Okay, fair enough," Todd said. He stood up and walked over to the fireplace. "Well, whenever you're ready."
"Just one more thing," Prue said. "If any of this information gets out we're going to come looking for you. And having no powers won't stop us from vanquishing you. You're still a demon, powers or not. And we vanquish demons. You got it?"
"Perfectly," Todd said smiling. "I can assure you once you've done this for me I'll forget all about you. I just want to live the rest of my life as a normal human without fear of anyone coming looking for me."
"Let's do this," Prue said.
She pulled out the spell Phoebe had written and her two sisters stood next to her. None of them knew what to expect. After a moment of looking the spell over they began to recite it.
"A demon born to serve evils' plan, now he wishes to be a man.
"Grant his desire a mortal to be, remove the demon and set him free."
The magic of the spell enveloped Todd. Flames erupted around him and he began to cry out in pain. Suddenly the flames flashed and were extinguished. Todd, however, dropped to his knees, crying out in agony. He was holding his head. Suddenly he collapsed on the floor. Fearing the worse, Leo came running into the living room.
"Oh my God," Prue said. "What happened?"
"I'm not sure," Leo said. "But it looks like you just killed him."